react-native: Build error "Could not get unknown property 'preDebugBuild' for extension 'android'"

New Version

0.68.0

Old Version

0.67.3

Build Target(s)

android

Output of `react-native info`

System:
    OS: macOS 12.2.1
    CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1
    Memory: 775.20 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.10.0 - /opt/homebrew/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.15 - ~/.yarn/bin/yarn
    npm: 7.24.0 - /opt/homebrew/bin/npm
    Watchman: 2021.09.27.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.11.2 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: DriverKit 21.4, iOS 15.4, macOS 12.3, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 23, 29, 30, 31
      Build Tools: 30.0.2, 30.0.3, 31.0.0
      System Images: android-31 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
      Android NDK: 21.4.7075529
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 2021.1 AI-211.7628.21.2111.8309675
    Xcode: 13.3/13E113 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 11.0.12 - /usr/bin/javac
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: Not Found
    react-native: Not Found
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Issue and Reproduction Steps

After the update, when I run yarn android with newArchitecture enabled, I got the following error :

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

Where: Build file ‘/Users/rvasseur/Desktop/LoungeUp/staffcompanion-rn/android/app/build.gradle’ line: 224
What went wrong: A problem occurred configuring project ‘:app’.

Could not get unknown property ‘preDebugBuild’ for extension ‘android’ of type com.android.build.gradle.internal.dsl.BaseAppModuleExtension.

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 2 years ago
Reactions: 9
Comments: 24 (3 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Can someone here validate that my fix solves your issues too?

afterEvaluate {
    // If you wish to add a custom TurboModule or component locally,
    // you should uncomment this line.
    // preBuild.dependsOn("generateCodegenArtifactsFromSchema")
    android.applicationVariants.all { def variant ->
        def variantName = variant.name.capitalize()
        def preVariantBuildTask = tasks.findByName("pre${variantName}Build")

        // Due to a bug inside AGP, we have to explicitly set a dependency
        // between configureNdkBuild* tasks and the preBuild tasks.
        // This can be removed once this is solved: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/207403732
        if (variantName.endsWith("Debug")) {
            preVariantBuildTask.dependsOn(packageReactNdkDebugLibs)
            configureNdkBuildDebug.dependsOn(preVariantBuildTask)
            reactNativeArchitectures().each { architecture ->
                tasks.findByName("configureNdkBuildDebug[${architecture}]")?.configure {
                    dependsOn(preVariantBuildTask.name)
                }
            }
        }
        if (variantName.endsWith("Release")) {
            preVariantBuildTask.dependsOn(packageReactNdkReleaseLibs)
            configureNdkBuildRelease.dependsOn(preVariantBuildTask)
            reactNativeArchitectures().each { architecture ->
                tasks.findByName("configureNdkBuildRelease[${architecture}]")?.configure {
                    dependsOn(preVariantBuildTask.name)
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

+53

oblador on Apr 20, 2022

@oblador I’m getting below issue: Could not get unknown property ‘configureNdkBuildDebug’ for object of type com.android.build.gradle.internal.api.ApplicationVariantImpl.

NDK version: 24.0.8215888 System: Apple M1 pro reactNativeArchitectures=x86_64 -> in gradle.properties.

+13

Abhishek2250 on Apr 26, 2022

I’m getting the same error too after upgrading from 0.67 -> 0.68 when newArchEnabled=true. But i was able to build it when newArchEnabled=false.

firehand33 on Apr 12, 2022

Looks like it’s caused by product flavours. We have “staging” and “production”, changing preDebugBuild to preStagingDebugBuild seems to work, ie inserting your flavour.

jenshandersson on Apr 13, 2022

i am having the same issue & I tried @oblador fix but i got another error from it.

* What went wrong:
Could not determine the dependencies of task ':ReactAndroid:packageReactNdkDebugLibsForBuck'.
> Task with path 'mergeDebugNativeLibs' not found in project ':ReactAndroid'.

So I am grateful for any suggestions here.

1awaleed on Apr 26, 2022

Just a heads up that this has been fully fixed in RN 0.71. If you update version everything should work without extra scripts or patches needed.

cortinico on Jun 15, 2023

@oblador I’m getting below issue: Could not get unknown property ‘configureNdkBuildDebug’ for object of type com.android.build.gradle.internal.api.ApplicationVariantImpl. NDK version: 24.0.8215888 System: Apple M1 pro reactNativeArchitectures=x86_64 -> in gradle.properties.

@oblador I am also facing same issue after applying your solution

I’m also getting the same error, any progress on this?

BritCoder96 on Aug 5, 2022

@oblador I’m getting below issue: Could not get unknown property ‘configureNdkBuildDebug’ for object of type com.android.build.gradle.internal.api.ApplicationVariantImpl.

NDK version: 24.0.8215888 System: Apple M1 pro reactNativeArchitectures=x86_64 -> in gradle.properties.

@oblador I am also facing same issue after applying your solution

Yandamuri on Jun 29, 2022